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E. Johanna Hartelius brings fresh life to those weighty Greek words logos and kairos for our moment of digital perplexity. Language is both a given and a gift, she shows, but its blossoming depends on the fullness of time and the flourishing of the commons. In the beginning was the logos, it is said, but Hartelius shows that it is also at the end, and even more importantly, in the middle, where all the real work gets done."—John Durham Peters,...

E. Johanna Hartelius brings fresh life to those weighty Greek words logos and kairos for our moment of digital perplexity. Language is both a given and a gift, she shows, but its blossoming depends on the fullness of time and the flourishing of the commons. In the beginning was the logos, it is said, but Hartelius shows that it is also at the end, and even more importantly, in the middle, where all the real work gets done."—John Durham Peters,...

Reliance on expertise has become so commonplace in American culture that it is virtually impossible to avoid. Relying on expertise is one way we delegate the contents of our busy lives and defer to authority in the interest of being efficient. In The Rhetoric of Expertise, E. Johanna Hartelius investigates how expertise is negotiated as a function of the rhetorical situation, its participants and constraints. Specifically, she asks: What rheto...

Examines U.S. immigration as a rhetorical process inventing persons and communities in reference to space and place. Engages immigration in media and popular culture, the construction of immigrant experiences in public discourse, and the effects of fear, violence, and exclusion on immigrant and non-immigrant communities.

Examines U.S. immigration as a rhetorical process inventing persons and communities in reference to space and place. Engages immigration in media and popular culture, the construction of immigrant experiences in public discourse, and the effects of fear, violence, and exclusion on immigrant and non-immigrant communities.